Mental Health Practitioner

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a dedicated band 5 practitioner to join their dynamic CAST Team. This role focuses on supporting service users with complex emotional needs through psychological interventions. The successful candidate will engage in key working and have opportunities for professional development, including SCM training. The position emphasizes a collaborative approach within a multi-disciplinary team, requiring strong risk management and reflective skills. Join a forward-thinking organization committed to improving health and wellbeing while promoting sustainability and wellness for its staff.

Benefits

Flexible working

Wellness opportunities

Sustainability initiatives

Qualifications

• Registered mental health practitioner with knowledge of community nursing.
• Experience in mental health assessment approaches.

Responsibilities

• Deliver mental health services to individuals with personality disorders.
• Coordinate clinical activities and liaise with community teams.

Skills

Mental Health Assessment

Risk Management

Reflective Skills

Problem Solving

Education

Qualified Mental Health Practitioner

Job description

Job Summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and dynamic band 5 practitioner to come and join the CAST Team. CASTT is our service which supports service users with complex emotional needs in order to develop skills in order to work towards their recovery. The team offers psychological interventions including SCM and MBT. The band 5 role will primarily be focused on short term key working in order to support service users to address any practical barriers to engaging in therapy. There will be opportunity to develop within the role, including accessing SCM training, taking part in SCM skills groups, undertaking coaching calls and engaging in all the psychological support structures delivered to the therapies team. Successful candidates will work well as part of an MDT approach, be calm and resilient and have strong risk management and reflective skills.

Main Duties of the Job

To work as a member of the multi-disciplinary community team providing Mental Health Assessment, Treatment and interventions to service users with a diagnosed Personality Disorder or those who have significant indicators of the disorder.

The post holder will be responsible for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of Treatment and recovery based care programmes and the setting of standards of care to service users and their families.

The maintenance of positive working relationships and liaison with other departments, agencies and bodies both internal and external to the trust is critical to the successful application of this role.

About Us

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves on ensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045. As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our "Proud to be Green" engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme.

Date Posted

01 April 2025

Pay Scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working Pattern

Full-time

Reference Number

232-CMT-7014641

Job Locations

The Hope Centre

Stoke on Trent

ST1 2BX

Job Description

Job Responsibilities

To have the responsibility for the delivery of Mental Health services to specific individuals.

Coordinating clinical activity, liaison with the wider Adult Community Mental Health Teams and other appropriate teams, services and agencies.

Immediate problem solving and decision making and contributing to long term planning for future developments both within the immediate clinical area and within the service area.

To ensure that the values and principles of the organisation and of the service area are translated into the philosophy and operational policy of the clinical team and that these are evident in everyday practice.

Responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications Essential

• A qualified/registered mental health practitioner

Experience Essential

• Knowledge of adult community nursing

Knowledge Essential

• Knowledge of various approaches to mental health assessment

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer Details

Employer Name

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

Address

The Hope Centre

Stoke on Trent

ST1 2BX

Employer's Website

https://www.combined.nhs.uk/working-together/join-our-team/